The School of Arts and Humanities
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"Whatsoever Ye Do, Do All to the Glory of God"
1 Corinthians 10:31

Please Note: What you hold is a hard copy of a web document accessible by any computer with internet access. This page is in addition to the blackboard web page whose link is above. The index units below, showing this document's parts, are not only a sort of organizing table of contents but are on the web  links to the indicated parts of this syllabus.  While the basic plan of this class is established, fine tuning as well as added resources may not be included in this printed version. I will announce alterations to the syllabus in class.   Still, student are encouraged to check the actual web site regularly.

Course Index:

• Course Purpose
[objectives][power point][texts][exams] [evaluation][grading scale][tests][exercises][The Quickie Report][The Literary Paper][An Oral Presentation][Research Proposa][The Personal Interview][The Final Paper[[attendance][plagiarism][The Nature of Assignments][Blackboard, Powerpoint and Their Uses][Extra Help][Final Note]

• Class Schedule
[Week One] [Week Two][Week Three][Week Four][Week Five][Week Six][Week Seven][Week Eight][Week Nine][Week Ten][Week Eleven][Week Twelve][Week Thirteen][Week Fourteen][Week Fifteen]

Objectives: Upon the completion of this course the student will learn. . .

• Methods of research techniques
• library usage,
• note taking,
• summarizing,
• synthesizing,
• organization,
• and how to deal with writing problems unique to drafting and revising extensive academic papers.

• Research Paper Form
• outlining,
• citing effectively and in MLA form
• and documentation in MLA form.

• Tadbits
• Literary Papers
• How to Think Literary
• Possible Paper Topics on Picture of Dorian Gray
• How to Use the MLA
• Citing a Web Page from MVNU's Hard Drive in MLA Format

• Dees, Robert, Writing and Modern Research Paper. 4^th. Ed. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 2003
• Di Yonni & Hoy The Scribner Handbook for Writers 3^nd. Ed
• The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
• MLA Handbook is not required but might be useful. Look for it at Kenyon. Also follow these three links for further MLA information:
1.   What Is MLA Style?
2.   Electronic Sources: MLA Style of Citation
3.   General MLA Guidelines
4.   Special Examples of MLA Citations

• 91 to 100 is an "A" Exceptional! A cut above--unusually good.
• 81 to 90 is a "B" Well Done! A fine Job! (Note: a 90 is still a B)
• 71 to 80 is a "C" Good, a concrete understanding of the subject
• 60 to 70 is a "D" Passing but weak
• 59 and below is an "F"  Fell short of required understanding of material

Grading:

• 5%  Quickie Report: Due Feb. 23^rd or Feb. 27^th.
• 10% Tests:: At least four (Feb. 20^th, March.  5^th, March 31^st , and May 5^th) but more may be given as needed.
• 10% Midterm Exam March 19^th
• 10% Exercises:
• Biblical truth with citation: due Feb. 9^th
• Opinion Paragraph due Feb. 13^th
• Subject and Topic with Source of Subject Headings for final paper April  7^th
• Research Question for final due April 14^th
• Annotated Bibliography for final paper due April 19^th
• 5%     Oral Presentation on The Picture of Dorian Gray Criticism on March 29^th, 31^th  & April 2^nd
• 10% Research Proposal for final paper Due April 23^rd.
• 25% Literary paper Due March  8^th through March 17^th
• 25% Research paper Due on May 1^st through May 8^th

100%

Tests will be given throughout the semester  (Feb. 20^th, March.  5^th, April 7^th (Wednesday) , and May 7^th) and will be on the assigned readings and class discussions. Make-ups will not be given unless the absence is related to a provable emergency of some sort or is caused by approved school activities. All students involved in official activities of the school who will miss test days should speak to me ahead of time so that some adjustment may be made.

Exams The Midterm is set for Friday March 19^th.  Your final paper will also be your final exam.

Exercises will be done both during class, at the library, and out of class. Once again, make-ups will not be given unless the absence is related to an emergency of some sort or is caused by school activities. All students involved in official activities of the school who will miss library work should speak to me ahead of time so that some adjustment may be made.

NOTE: All assignments described from this point on MUST BE TYPED, be in MLA Format and must be done in 14 Font. (This is larger than standard font that is 12, so you will have to alter the set up when you work with the computer. There will be NO EXCEPTIONS.   If an assignment is handed in which does not meet these requirements it will be returned without being graded and will be marked down when it is handed is as LATE. See Scribner Handbook on page 741 for examples of MLA layout.

Furthermore at this point online citations have not been covered, so do NOT draw from an online magazine source.  Such sources have their own unique challenges.   I repeat NO ONLINE SOURCES for this assignment.

Remember, you are functioning as if you were a news reporter--meaning no opinions and no angles except those found in your source. The emphasis of your report will be primarily on the text and secondly on the matter it is describing.

Purpose:

This exercise is meant to help the student sharpen his or her skills in direct quotations, paraphrasing and summarizing raw information from a chosen source. Also correct MLA format must be observed.Due Feb. 23^rd or Feb. 27^th.

it must be typed (14 font).

The Literary Paper

Follow this link for some Research Questions and Topics that others have developed.

Literary Paper Check List

Sample Works Cited List in Windows format, using works from the Norton edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray

• Each group will have no more than 15 minutes to present their material.  Some of this may be used in class discussion.
• Each group will hand in on the day of their presentation a two level (at least) outline of the material they are presenting.
• One grade will be given for each group.  Students are encouraged to work closely together.
• Due on March 29^th, 31^st  & April 2^nd

1. A one-page (min.) summary of the major points you intend to develop, the argument you wish to make, and the conclusions at which you intend to arrive.

2. A tentative outline of two levels (at this stage) and a complete-sentence thesis statement.

3. A working bibliography of more than 10 sources, annotated with a brief statement concerning the author's central point. It will be understood that this proposal is tentative; you may change your thesis or your outline, and you may add more sources. Still, the proposal should serve as a general guide for you and for me to come to an understanding of your research paper while it is in the process stage.

4.  Due April 23^rd.

The Purpose:  The purpose of this meeting is to touch base with individuals.  The interview has proven invaluable in clearing up lingering questions about form as well as allowing me a chance to gain a first hand view of where you, the author, is hoping to go with your research.

The  final paper must . . .

• have a title page (Scribner 744) a thesis and a three-level outline (Scribner 746).  Remember that these pages are numbered with your last name and Roman Numerals (i, ii, iii, iv).  Note: Roman numerals are in lower case.

• be typed neatly and be at least  ten (10) pages long with  a maximum of fifteen (15) pages with standard margin and text in 14 font.  These pages are the actual text and do not include those pages described above.  In fact, to make the difference clear, the actual text is numbered with your last name an Arabian Numerals (1,2,3,4).

• have at the end, starting on a new page, entitled Works Cited Page, a list of works from which you quoted or paraphrased material (that means all works in the list are actually cited--and does not include works just glanced at).

• be composed in standard MLA format (no exceptions), as described in the text and with other instructions from me. Your paper must contain at least twenty (20) citations (quotations and paraphrases) selected from at least (10) different sources. Please note that only a third of them should come from the internet. (Why? Click Here)  You must use a variety of material for your paper (Journals as well as books) and these should be only the best authorities. (For example, Reader's Digest is not an acceptable authority.; The New England Journal of Medicine is.)  Unless approved by me, web resources should be kept at a minimum of about three sources.

• have included with it a photo copy of one important citation source.

Your paper must be original; that is, not have been used previously for another  course or concurrently with one this semester.
Suggestions on the type of topic best suited for this paper:

a. The subject of your paper will be easier if it falls within the general area of the humanities. This includes literature, drama, film, art, music, history (but not theory--too technical), philosophy, religion (but not theology, doctrine or praxis), and depending upon your focus some topics within history and sociology.

b. Extremely current social issues and world affairs are not appropriate because of the limited availability of sources.

c. Highly charged emotional subjects should also be avoided.  It is difficult for the most analytical of us to write logically about subjects for which we feel deep passion. Also, in most cases when writing about a subject about which the student feels strongly, usually that student already has a set opinion about the topic and therefore has a hard time giving the other side a fair chance to be represented. Plan to clear your topic with me before you get seriously involved in your project.

d. A personal request: I ask that students refrain from subjects which center on cruelty or harm to small children.  Having gone through six years of staying at various Children's hospitals where I saw many precious ones die, I find such material too emotionally charged for me to grade objectively.

e.  I reserve the right to veto any topic that does not seem promising.

4. Do not forget your audience. You are writing for an intelligent, college-educated reader, someone with broad insights into world affairs, the humanities, and natural sciences. Don't bore your reader with an overdose topic.

5.  Your final paper is your final exam. [Normally your final would have occurred on Monday, May 19 at 8:00]  Get it done early and it will be one less thing to plague you during that "fun week" in May.

Attendance: You are expected to attend all classes -- even when we are in the process of meeting one on one. Three un-excused absences will mean three points off your final grade. The pattern will continue if the absences continue.

Plagiarism: One of the goals of this course is to be certain that students know how to avoid plagiarism. Therefore, as mentioned above, you will be expected to turn in one major source (photocopies of cited pages) along with your paper. (Carefully label the top of each photocopied page with the author and page number of that particular source and include them with your paper folder.) If you fail to submit one source, I will consider your paper plagiarized, even if you document all your material. Do not wait until the last minute to photocopy your sources, for they may disappear. (Books may be checked out by others, and Journals may be sent to the bindery or simply misplaced.) IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO HAVE ALL OF THE MATERIALS NECESSARY FOR TURNING IN THE PAPER PROPERLY AND PUNCTUALLY.

The Nature of Assignments:  It is impossible to pass the class without handing in both major paper assignments. Furthermore it is impossible to do well on either of the papers without doing all of the assignments which lead up to conclusions of the two written projects..

Late papers: A penalty of three points will be subtracted for each day your paper is late. No exceptions.

Towards the end of the semester, I intend to spend as much time as possible in individual conferences with you, rather than meeting every single class period as a group. I will give you an appointment schedule as well as a class schedule, and you must stick to this as punctually as to any formal class meeting. You will be penalized severely for missed or late appointments.

One major development entirely new to this year is the development of this class on Mount Vernon Nazarene University's Blackboard platform.   We will have the option to have email as well as threaded discussions as we work through several issues.  However, since Blackboard is not able to deal with short answers and grammar questions, the options of to have exams run through it will not be used.

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PowerPoint Viewer software (free for Windows)

This link will allow you to download a program which will enable you to view power point presentations even if you do not own Microsoft Office or if your version is obsolete. Microsoft offers this free: PPVIEW97.EXE( 2904240 Bytes )

Sample Blackboard instructions for students 

This course will utilize the Blackboard 6online course system. Important class information, including announcements, reading assignments, lecture outlines and study objectives, will be posted electronically.

Instructors’ expectations/requirements for using the Blackboard site:

Of course the frequency of use and quizzes that you expect for your course may vary.You are responsible for accessing the Research Writing site at least once each weekday and at least once during each weekend. You may access using any available computer in a campus computer laboratory; using your personal computer if it is connected to the campus network in your residence hall; or via the World Wide Web from off-campus. Brief quizzes will also be administered electronically via Blackboard. Quizzes can only be taken online. Each quiz can only be taken once. A time limit (usually five minutes) is automatically enforced; and the quiz must be completed before the posted deadline to receive credit.

Access Instructions 

Open a web browser. Internet Explorer version 5 is preferred, but Netscape version 4.0 or newer should also work.

Go to the MVNU students’ homepage: labs.mvnu.edu

If you have not already visited your student information page since arriving for the fall semester, click on the link Access to my Personal Information. Then click on the button labeled Setup Access to set your password for both Blackboard and to access your personal information in the MVNU database. You only need to setup access once, even if you are taking multiple courses that use Blackboard. Your Blackboard user name should be the same as your network login and email name.

From labs.mvnu.edu, click on one of the three links to Online Courses… in the middle of the page. Use the appropriate link depending on whether you are in a classroom (including campus labs), in the residence halls, or off-campus. From off campus, you may also go directly to courses.mvnu.edu, and bypass the labs page.

Click on the Blackboard Login button on the left side of the page.

If you are enrolled in more than one class that uses Blackboard, you will see a course menu from which you can choose .

After finishing a Blackboard session, be sure to log off by closing your browser. If you do not log off, unauthorized persons could gain access to confidential information (including your grades and any currently-active quiz).

Online Documentation 

A Blackboard user’s manual is available online. After you have logged in to any course, click on the Tools button along the left side, and then click on the link to Manual.

Computer System Requirements 

Hardware: Your computer (Windows or Macintosh) must be connected to the campus network or internet.

Software: a web browser, either Internet Explorer 4.0, Netscape 4.0, or later versions.

Optional (if your course includes attached documents, such as PowerPoint): Microsoft PowerPoint 97 or newer, or Windows users can download a free PowerPoint viewer from here.

Or you can download if from this address:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7C404E8E-5513-46C4-AA4F-058A84A37DF1&displaylang=EN

Technical Assistance 

If you encounter problems with access to the Blackboard site, please contact the help desk at MVNU extension 4270 (Mon-Thu 7:30 AM -10 PM, Fri 7:30-8:30, Sat 11-10). At other times you may send email to bbadmin@courses.mvnu.edu. If you will be unable to complete course requirements on time due to technical difficulties, also send a copy of your email describing the problem to your instructor.

Navigating in the course web site

The Blackboard course environment is viewed by single clicking on any of the buttons, folder titles and underlined links. There are two types of navigation that you will need to be aware of:

1.Moving between content areas

2. Moving within a content area

To navigate between areas, click on the desired button on the navigation bar along the left side of the browser window.

To navigate within a content area, click on any underlined link to open a folder or document. You can move out of a folder by clicking on one of the underlined links that appear in brackets at the top of each page. The [Top] button will take you to the first or top page of the area you are currently viewing, such as Course Documents.
 

Dr. Rearick's Readers' Corner

http://nzr.mvnu.edu/faculty/trearick/english/rearick/readings/re_intro.htm

This address is reachable both on and off campus.  Those of you who are local and do not have a computer should remember that the Knox Public Library offers web access for a limited time, and--of course--the labs of the campus library and computer labs are available to you.

Other web pages relating to works of literature which might be of interest to the student can be accessed from this index page by title, author, genre, sub-genre, time period, or nationality.

I have tried to place some ideas and even sometimes some test questions connected with our class readings within these files.  Also in several cases there are links to study guides, e texts, and even connections to relevant web pages on the net.

Note that every work is connected to a page which gives biographical information about the author taken from the Encyclopedia Britanica.

One special point of note:  Please do not print off my pages until you find out how long the document is and have asked yourself if you really need a hard copy.  You can check the document size  by going into print preview and then zoom in so you can read the text.  At the bottom of the first page will be the page number in comparison with the total pages.  For example, my "Dickens’ Christian Carol in Prose" article has at the bottom  ‘1 of 13.’  This tells you that there will be 13 pages of text printed.  Not bad, but my Pride and Prejudice study guild developed by Monarch Notes is 75 pages.  Librarians and computer lab assistants have been close to despair to find piles of such text flowing from their printers.  Please do not abuse this resource!

Extra Help:

Academic support, located next to the Cougar den in the old Home Economics building, has several tutors to assist students build their study skills. Also on staff is Rebekah Radcliffe, an English tutor, who will be available for consultations and will be running workshops to aid in composition difficulties. The Extension for Academic Help is 4540.   There is absolutely no disgrace in getting still another reader for one's work. Whenever I write I look for outside readers. Finally, while it's impossible to promise that the student will receive an "A," going to see her is an superb way to improve one's writing.

Class Calendar Spring 2004

Some General Academic Dates to Recall

• February    3    Registration
• February    4    Classes Begin
• February    9    Last Day to Add First Half Term Course
• February    l3    Last Day to Add Full Term Course
• February    18    Faculty Development and Student Assessment Day (classes begin at 12:40pm).
• March        3     Lest Day to Drop First Halt Term Course
• March        5     Last Day to Declare an Intent to Graduate
• March        l0-12    Spring Revival
• March        12    Many in the English Department are going to the C.S. Lewis Colloquium
• March        19-29    Midterm Break (5:10p.m., Friday - 8:00a.m.., Monday)
• March        30    Last Day to Drop Full Term Course
• March        30    Last Day to Add Second Half Term Course
• April           8-12     Easter Break (9:30 p.m., Thursday - 6:30p.m., Monday)
• April          20     Last Day to Drop Second Half Term Course
• May          6    Blue-Green Day (classes dismiss at 12:30p.m.)
• May          10    Term Work Due
• May          17-20    Final Examinations (8:00a.m., Monday - 11:50a.m., Thursday)
• May          21    Baccalaureate
• May          22    Commencement
• May          25    Final Grades due in Academic Records and Registration Office

Text Book Key

Dees-- Writing and Modern Research Paper by Robert Dees

SHW --  The Scribner Handbook for Writers

NPODG -- Norton Picture of Dorian Gray (Remember this text contains a lot more than just the novel itself.)

 

Mon. Feb. 3
Registration (No class, but I will be in my office: Ext. 3508)

Wed. Feb. 4
Classes Begin: Introduction -- What to Expect and When to do it

Fri. Feb. 6

• Dees Chap. 1" Doing Research and the Research Paper"  pp. 1-14
• NPODG "Preface"  pp. vii-xii and "The Preface" pp.3-4

Power Point presentation on Dees Chap. One

Mon. Feb. 9

Biblical truth with citation due

Remember, all work handed in to me must be typed, in 14 font, double spaced, and in MLA format.  Check the back of your Scribner, page 741, for an example of an MLA heading which does not require a title page.

Give a truth you believe is soundly based and revealed in the Bible: (Jesus Loves You, God Created the Whole Universe, or something like such) and support it.  The point is that you are not to prove this with scripture.  Instead you are to demonstrate with a legitimate written Christian authority (commentary, study bible and so on) that the way you have been taught about this truth is a legitimate scriptural interpretation.  I am not expecting more than a paragraph for this.

After you have quoted the source give me the following

• the source's author,
• what book or article the work was found in,
• city and publisher
• the work's date (only the year if it is a book), and
• the page number.

FORM MATTERS!

Purpose:

This exercise is meant to demonstrate to students that in academics--even in subjects which they feel they know well--they must not interpret sources on their own.  Instead scholars must support themselves with recognized authorities.

• SHW Chap. 1 pp. 2-12
• NPODG pp. 285-295  Opening comments by editor and then "From Against Nature" by Joris Karl Huysmans
  

• SHW Chap. 1 pp. 12-23
• NPODG pp. 3296-300  "From Leondardo Da Vinci" by Walter Pater
  

• Dees Chap. 3 "Planning the Focus of Your Research" pp. 30-46
• NPODG pp. 300-309  "From Leondardo Da Vinci" by Walter Pater

For the opinion paragraph all that is required is that the student express an opinion about ANY subject.  There should be a declarative statement (like a thesis) and support.  However this does NPODG need to be lengthy (about a page).  Remember to hand this in in MLA format, typed and in 14 font.  Have some fun with this.

The Purpose of this task is to emphasize the difference between facts and opinions, the need for sound support of opinions, and the continued practice in MLA style.

Power Point presentation on Dees Chap. Three

Click Here for a Windows Version of this Opinion Paragraph Assignment

Mon. Feb. 16

• Dees Chap. 3 "Planning the Focus of Your Research" pp. 29-54
• NPODG  pp. 310-312 "Conclusion to  The Renaissance"
  
• How to Think Literary

• Dees Chap. 7 "Reading and Recording Information" pp. 141 -149

NPODG pp.303-319 "The Critic as Artist" by Oscar Wilde

Dees Chap. 7 "Reading and Recording Information" pp. 150-170

Test # One

For next time

  Click here for a scanned Sample Article (A" jpg" file; might take a while to download)

  Click here for Hypertext Version (Easier than scanned version to download and read since it is mostly text and can be shared)

Click here for Windows version of Article (Although the same windows format as that required for class, this document can NOT be accessed by more than one user at a time: Might be busy)

Click Here for a Windows Version of the Quickie Report Assignment

   Initial Quickie Report due date

• SHW Chap. 2 pp. 24-35
• NPODG  pp.319-326 "The Decay of Lying" by Oscar Wilder

• SHW Chap. 44 pp. 665-678
• NPODG pp.330-333 Reviews and Reactions

• NPODG pp.333-335 "A Study in Puppydom"

Final Quickie Report due

Mon. March. 1

SHW Chap. 44 pp. 678-694
NPODG pp.336-339  "Letters involving The Picture of Dorian Gray"

SHW Chap. 2 pp. 35-48
NPODG pp.339-342

Fri. March 5

SHW Chap. 47 pp. 780-790

SHW Chap. 47 pp. 790-801

NPODG  pp. 342-345

First due date for Literary paper

How to do an outline Power Point presentation of Dees Chap. Eight:
An Windows document Demonstration of an outline for "The Picture of Dorian Gray"  see MLA citation:

Literary Paper Check List

Sample Works Cited List, in Windows format, using works from the Norton edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray

 Wed. March 10

NPODG pp. 346-351 

NPODG  pp.352-361

• NPODG p. 361-362

Literary Paper Check List

Sample Works Cited List in Windows format, using works from the Norton edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray

• Dees Chap. 2 pp. 15-28  "Using a Library for Research"

Power Point presentation on Dees Chap. Two

Click Here to enter web page featuring the Oral Power Point presentations for Fall 2003

The Picture of Dorian Gray Criticism Class Reports

• Group One: "From 'Fiction as Allegory'" by Edward Roditi. pp. 366-372
• Group Two: "From 'Identity and Personality'" byMorse Peckham pp. 372-381

• Group Three: "Oscar Wilde" by Barbara Charlesworth.  pp. 381-405
• Group Four: 'From 'Overtures to Solome' 'The Critic as Artist as Wilde'" by Richard Ellmann. pp. 412-422.

Friday. April 2

The Picture of Dorian Gray Criticism Class Reports

• Group Five: "The Picture of Dorian Gray Wilde's Parable of the Fall" by Joyce Carol Oats. pp. 422-431
• Group Six: "Keys to the Upper Room: A Centenial Essay on Allegorical Performance in Dorian Gray" by David Lawler pp.431-458

• Dees Chap. 4 pp. 55-59 "Researching Library Sources"

Power Point presentation on Dees Chap. Four

• Dees Chap. 4 pp. 59-88 "Researching Library Sources"

Internet Access Workshop:
Follow this link to page of Search Engine Links for On Line Research

Resources from Allyn and Bacon 

Search Engine Submission Tips

This area covers search engine registration and submission tips, such as using meta tags, improving placement and how to submit URLs. Formerly called "A Webmaster's Guide To Search Engines"

Web Searching Tips

Learn how to search better and how the major search engines work from a searcher's perspective. Also see how people search and other fun stuff.

Search Links: Search Engines Worldwide

Find all the major search engines; popular meta search engines; MP3 search engines; kid-safe services and much more.

Test # Three

• Dees Chap. 11 "Acknowledging Sources" pp. 217-230

Follow this link for a Windows document version of the assignment on Subject and Topic with source of

Subject Headings

NOTE:    For space concerns only applicable here, the document accessible above is not double spaced but is set for "space and a half" (I wanted to fit it on a single page).  However, students should continue to obey the MLA standard of double spacing.  Also much more is included in the above document than my assignment requires.  All the student needs is the over-arching subject of his topic.  Additional info like sub topics or parallel topics (see also) are elements which go beyond the requirement.  Don't forget to include your credible source, the best is the Subject Headings for the Library of Congress or THE RED BOOKS in the library--There are other sources which will also work BUT DO NOT MAKE THIS UP!

Purpose:  This exercise is meant to help the student get a clearer sense of where in the vast tree of human knowledge his or her topic is located.  Students should come out of this exercise with several headings under which they may look both in library catalogues as well as periodical indexes.

Follow this link for a Windows document version of the Research Question assignment.

Note: Once again please follow the standard MLA format described thus far and demonstrated in this handout. Of course this means it must be typed. However, very little needs to be done. Identify the exercise and give you research question. If should be framed in such a way that a complete answer will give a thesis.

Purpose: This exercise is meant to help the student differentiate between a research question and the answer which will become his or her paper's thesis.

Dees Chap 8 "Planning your Paper" pp 159-178

Fri. April 16

Dees Chap. 9 "Reasoning Critically" pp. 179-19

Power Point presentation on Dees Chap. Nine

Mon. April 19

Power Point presentation on the Nature of Argument

Annotated Bibliography due

Follow this link for a Windows document version of the assignment on Annotated Bibliography (or an Annotated Works Cited) page.

Annotated Bibliography:

Note:    Please follow the standard MLA format described thus far and demonstrated in this handout.  Do not be surprised if this should run into several pages since there is a great amount of space used in citation format.  Also include the dead end works, ones you have examined but found did not help you research.  I want to see that you have been doing research even if it has taken you in a less than ideal direction.  This annotation is NOT required for the final paper.

One last point which I mentioned during Prof. Nixon's lecture.  You will please be sure to include in your annotated list an encyclopedia entry.  This assures me that you have indeed looked over the general topic and learned what is going on in your chosen field.

Purpose:  This exercise is meant to help the student begin to get an overview of the basic themes and problems in his or her research topic.  Since these annotations can and should at times include quotes and paraphrases, the exercise helps strength the same skills the Quickie Report first developed.  Finally it is one bit of practice in the required MLA format.

Research Proposal Due: Click here to review requirements

Follow this link for a Windows document version of the Research Proposal assignment

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Week Thirteen:
April 26 - 30

Mon. April 26

Interviews Begin -- During class time interviews will be held in regular classroom

• First 20 Minutes ____________________ (1)
• Second 20 Minutes _________________  (2)
• Third 20 Minutes ___________________ (3)

Tues. April 27

• (Tuesday) _________________________ (4)
• (Tuesday) _________________________ (5)

Note that interviews on Tuesday and Thursday will be held in my office at 9:30 and 9:50.while interviews on Monday, Wednesday and Friday will be held in class at the usual time.  Students wishing to hand in work early should come to class at the appointed time to drop off materials.

Wed. April 28

Interviews Continued

• First 20 Minutes ____________________ (6)
• Second 20 Minutes __________________ (7)
• Third 20 Minutes ___________________ (8)

Thurs. April 29

• (Thusday) _________________________ (9)
• (Thursday) _________________________ (10)

Fri. April 30

Interviews Continued

• First 20 Minutes ____________________ (11)
• Second 20 Minutes __________________ (12)
• Third 20 Minutes ___________________ (13)

May Work:

Initial Due Date for Final Paper

Interviews Continued

• First 20 Minutes ____________________ (22)
• Second 20 Minutes __________________ (23)
• Third 20 Minutes ___________________ (24)

• (Tuesday) _________________________ (25)
• (Tuesday) _________________________ (26)

Interviews Continued

• First 20 Minutes ____________________ (27)
• Second 20 Minutes __________________ (28)
• Third 20 Minutes ___________________ (29)

• (Tuesday) _________________________ (30)
• (Tuesday) _________________________ (31)

Test # Four

• Reading Day

• Reading Day

• Reading Day

My reason for not wanting more than a third of your material to come from the Internet is because I remember what it was like to be in your shoes.  As the semester draws to a climatic close there is great pressure to cut as many corners as possible.  Thus the great temptation for students is to sit in front of a computer monitor and do all the research from there whether the sources are the strongest or not.  I want you to obtain the best sources relevant to your topic and that means going to the library.  Please note this is not a law written in stone.  If the student finds a source beyond the third I allow and just feels it must be included come to me and show me the working bibliography.